Directed by:
Cyril FrankelScreenplay:
Nigel KnealeCinematography:
Arthur GrantComposer:
Richard Rodney BennettCast:
Joan Fontaine, Alec McCowen, Ann Bell, Ingrid Boulting, Viola Keats, Gwen Ffrangcon Davies, Bryan Marshall, John Barrett, Duncan Lamont, Kay Walsh (more)Plots(1)
Gwen Mayfield (Joan Fontaine), an English schoolteacher working in an African missionary, suddenly finds herself being victimized by a tribe of local witch doctors. Exposed to the deadly powers of the occult she's left deeply traumatized. In an effort to recover Gwen takes up a position in a rural school within the British countryside. But the idyllic village surroundings become increasingly sinister as Gwen begins to uncover a nightmarish web of dark and satanic secrets. (StudioCanal UK)
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At the end of the film, you suddenly realize that nothing significant happened. The clock strikes again, life goes on in the old spirit, and everything is fine. The film probably won't leave much of an impression on you, but on the other hand, at least you'll be reminded of a slightly different poetic style that I quite like. Don't expect terrifying scenes, but at least a somewhat mysterious atmosphere, which unfortunately the creators disrupt by placing it in too direct a light, where no scares can exist.
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